Curated OER
Young Ones
This is the cutest reference materials activity ever! Researchers complete six sentences on baby animal names, continuing the pattern by writing five more sentences about other animals from their research. They use a thesaurus to look up...
Curated OER
Where There's Smoke
Students explore technology and how it can be used to bring about change in other cultures. In this investigative lesson students complete several activities using technology.
Curated OER
Bones
Fifth graders observe real bones and models to learn about the structure and function of the skeletal system. In this skeletal system lesson plan, 5th graders manipulate objects and models of bones. They handle real bones and determine...
Curated OER
Food Choices: A Socio-Cultural Decision
Students discuss their food preferences. Using a flannel board and food models students describe what they would like to eat for dinner. Students compare their selections with their classmates. Students identify the nationality of ethnic...
US Fish and Wildlife Service
Endangered Species
This handout goes along with the slide show linked at the top of the of the resource. Depending on the computer availability in your school, this could be a WebQuest in which learners go through the slide show at their own pace, or you...
Curated OER
Spelling Practice: ow and ou Words
Fifth graders complete activities for ou and ow words. In this ou/ow words lesson, 5th graders practice ou and ow words by completing the 'instant activity.' Students complete a crossword puzzle activity for ou and ow words.
Curated OER
So Whose Cow is in the Field?
Students, in rural classrooms, explain animal genetics. They study animals that are available in their locale.
Curated OER
Animal Life Span Activity
Students study and compare the life span of farm animals with their own. They research a farm animal, complete a table and answer comparative questions. They work in jigsaw format groups.
Curated OER
"The Day the Goose Got Loose" Activity Card_ Home-School Connection
In this home-school literacy connection worksheet based on "The Day the Goose Got Loose," students practice retelling and sequencing the story. They cut out story cards and place them in order of the story before writing a number in each...
Curated OER
To Market
Pupils examine the process of cooking a meal. In this cooking background lesson, students explore cooking utensils, recipes, songs, and literature. They go through stations that encourage dramatic play and hands-on exploration of cooking...
Curated OER
Beef or Dairy?
Guernsey, Jersey, Holstein. Brangus, Charoloais, Herford. Here’s a truly cross-curricular resource that combines language arts, science, math, and visual arts activities as class members learn to distinguish between beef and dairy...
Curated OER
Breaking News English: British Food
For this British Food worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion questions, write, and...
Curated OER
English Exercises - Animal Exercises - On The Farm
In this online farm worksheet, students complete a matching activity in which they write the number of a picture next to its name. They answer yes or no, how many, and what color questions about the items in the picture. They choose the...
Curated OER
A Day in the Life
Students write an essay. In this comparison lesson plan, students read about a child's typical day on a fair trade cocoa farm in the Dominican Republic. Students write about a typical morning of a child in the US and make comparisons.
Curated OER
Science Egg Experiment
Students examine and hypothesize about hard cooked and raw eggs before experimenting to see which one cracks more easily when dropped in a bucket. They open both eggs and compare them using a Venn diagram. They design a presentation...
Curated OER
Circulatory System: The Beat Goes On!
With schools focusing on physical fitness activities, now is the perfect time to teach students about the circulatory system.
Curated OER
Producer to Consumer Fun
Students research about producers and consumers. They examine how products become available to consumers and participate in one of the activities listed such as: tour a farm or a factory, go on a scavenger hunt at a local store, or have...
Curated OER
Magnetism
Learners examine the concept of magnetism by doing several activities using magnets and compasses. They explore poles and polar repulsion and attraction.
Curated OER
Animal Sounds
Students listen to books about animals. In this animal sound and characteristics instructional activity, students listen to books and a tape of animal and then identify which animal makes that sound. Students discuss and act out how the...
Curated OER
Lesson 6 - Quotation Marks
Students complete activities with the book Sarah Plain and Tall. In this literature lesson, students read, discuss, and review vocabulary from Chapter 6. They make a list of quotations and review how to use quotation marks.
Curated OER
Looking and Learning in the Art Museum - Lesson 1
Explore the artistic elements in artworks with an original and reproduction instructional activity. As learners recognize the difference between an original and a reproduction, they discuss the artist elements used in the reproduction.
Curated OER
Poetry In Motion
Fourth graders read and analyze poetry and examine the process of writing poetry. They read and analyze the poem "From a Railway Carriage" by Robert Louis Stevenson, and answer comprehension questions. They identify the similes,...
Curated OER
Breaking News English: Green Invitation
In this cardboard box solar cooker worksheet, students read the article, answer true and false questions, complete synonym matching, complete phrase matching, complete a gap fill, answer short answer questions, answer discussion...
Curated OER
Sounds Like Christmas, Exploring Hearing
Students see that the sense of hearing helps us learn from each other through communication. Also, students explain that sound can produce patterns. They engage in a wide variety of activities that focus on the sense of hearing.